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Coin of Tigranes II of Armenia

Coin of Tigranes II of Armenia

‎The Armenian Empire started as Ararat (2 Kgs 19:37) and crested under Tigranes II (“the Great,” ruled 95–55 B.C.), reaching south to Ptolemais (Acts 21:7). Tigranes ended Seleucid rule in 83 B.C., governing from their capital Antioch (Acts 11:26) until Roman conquest. This silver stater depicts Tigranes (obverse). The Orontes River, personified, runs by Antioch’s Tyche under the Greek phrase “Of King Tigranes” (reverse). Greeks, believing that local Tyches (destiny goddesses) ruled cities’ fortunes, bestowed names like Eutychus (Acts 20:9) and Tychicus (2 Tim 4:12).
‎Gen 8:4, 2 Kgs 19:37, Acts 11:19–30, Acts 20:9, Acts 21:7, Gal 2:11, 2 Tim 4:12, 2 Macc 4:33

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